Cybersecurity officials are urging immediate action regarding several newly added vulnerabilities to the official catalog of known exploited vulnerabilities. These flaws, affecting products from AMI, D-Link, and Fortinet, are currently being actively exploited by attackers in the wild.
The vulnerabilities include issues impacting AMI’s MegaRAC SP-X Baseboard Management Controllers (BMCs), multiple D-Link router models, and Fortinet’s FortiOS and FortiProxy security solutions. The fact that these security holes are already being leveraged by malicious actors makes them particularly high-risk and requires urgent attention from all organizations.
Government agencies have a strict deadline to address these specific vulnerabilities, highlighting their severity and the potential for widespread impact if left unpatched. However, this serves as a critical reminder that all businesses and individuals using the affected products must prioritize patching these security flaws without delay.
Failure to apply the necessary security updates could leave systems exposed to potential compromise, leading to data breaches, network disruption, and other significant security incidents. Prompt patching is the most effective defense against the threats posed by these actively exploited vulnerabilities. Stay informed and secure your systems now.
Source: https://securityaffairs.com/179354/security/u-s-cisa-adds-ami-megarac-spx-d-link-dir-859-routers-and-fortinet-fortios-flaws-to-its-known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog.html
